In January 2013, allegations emerged of an affair between Egyptology professor John Darnell and Associate Professor Colleen Manassa ’01 GRD ’05 while Manassa was a student under Darnell’s supervision.

Darnell and Manassa were scheduled to give a lecture titled “Echoes of Egypt: Conjuring the Land of the Pharaohs” at the Peabody Museum on Jan. 16, but Melanie Brigockas, public relations director for ...

This is the case of the “Vintage Egyptologist” also known as Dr Colleen Manassa Darnell. According to her Academia page,. Dr Manassa Darnell taught at Yale University as the Marilyn M. and ...